Will Romney’s Move To The Political Center Succeed?
The Etch A Sketch imagery used by Romney communications director Eric Fehrnstrom six weeks ago has already morphed into reality. This is one of those moments when a political communications director accidentally told the truth: shortly after his ascendancy as the consensus GOP presidential nominee, Romney started rearranging his positions on immigration and student loans. He hoped, I’m thinking, that the far right GOP base who already suspects he’s a closet liberal were out hunting slow-witted turkeys or boycotting mosques. In any event, the die is cast, Romney and his campaign staff aren’t trying to distance themselves from etch a sketch. So, let’s help them not distance themselves.
Among the more important thing for supporters of sanity in the White House to do now is to keep hammering away at Romney’s flip flops. Behind all this, I believe, is a cynical view that most people aren’t listening or have, by now, been stunned into some kind of deep confusion. That’s partly true, there are many out there who do not attach themselves to politics like an umbilical chord as I do. Yet, going forward, likely voters awaken. They begin to really pay attention. So, when Romney misrepresents his past, the media, bloggers, and everyone with a voice or a keyboard could do great service by standing up to shout him down. Let’s not let him get away with it.
Below is my image of the Romney campaign’s plan and its underlying cynicism. “Let’s just act like there is nothing wrong here.” Well, not on my watch, Mitt.
